Pitt Bar Links

1971

Fourth trip to the United States. Columbia University bestows a doctorate honoris causa and Yale hosts an "Encuentro con Jorge Luis Borges." Trip to Iceland, Scotland and England with María Kodama. Oxford gives him a doctorate honoris causa. Named "Ciudadano Ilustre" by the city of Bueos Aires. Wins the Jerusalem Prize.

Locations

Travels to United States, Iceland, Scotland and England.

Historical Context

Popular revolt in the city of Córdoba (“Viborazo”). Levingston resigns and General Alejandro A. Lanusse becomes president; Lanusse begins a political opening (the “Great National Accord”-GAN). Peronist and Radicals push for democratization with the political pact known as “the Hour of the People”.